CB> Some say, if schools were run like small businesses, they would save 
CB> money and educate students better.  But small businesses fail at the 
CB> rate of 50% a year.  Do we really want our schools to be run like 
CB> small 
CB> businesses?  Can we afford that kind of failure rate for our kids?
    You said in another post the same day that the NAEP found that only 38% 
of HS seniors could come up with an adequate written response to some sample 
they were given to read.  That means that public schools already have a 
higher failure rate.
    Those of us who want public schools "run like small businesses" are 
talking about cutting the non-teacher bureacracy.  We're talking about all 
the very-well-paid central-office people who have redundant job titles in a 
typical school district.  We're talking about all the perks the bureacrats 
get, like the deputy superintendant who gets paid to drive $25/day to drive 
to work.
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